The Center for Family Consultation was founded in 1979 for the purpose of contributing to the learning, teaching, and research of the natural systems theory of the family developed by Murray Bowen, M.D.  The Center co-sponsors the annual Midwest Symposium on Family Systems Theory and Therapy and a Clinical Applications Conference, as well as Summer and Fall Conferences.  CFC also offers a two year Post Graduate Training Program in Bowen Family Systems Theory and Therapy. Other workshops and seminars are held throughout the year.

Dr. Bowen was a pioneer in family research who developed a new theory of human behavior and a new method of family therapy based on this new theory, first at the National Institute of Mental Health and later at Georgetown University, where he was a professor of psychiatry. For further information go to www.thebowencenter.org